Two features characterize all natural communities. First, they are dynamic systems. The
densities and age-structures of populations change with time, as do the relative abundances …

The study of habitat use and selection in birds has a long tradition (Grinnell 1917, Kendeigh
1945, Svärdson 1949, Hildén 1965; Block and Brennan 1993). Early habitat-selection theory …

The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics brings together the findings and
ideas of researchers studying such varied systems as marine invertebrate communities; …

Recent warming has caused changes in species distribution and abundance,,, but the extent
of the effects is unclear. Here we investigate whether such changes in highland forests at …

Disperser effectiveness is the contribution a disperser makes to the future reproduction of a
plant. Although it is a key notion in studies of seed dispersal by animals, we know little about …

Determining the impact of forest disturbance and fragmentation on tropical biotas is a central
goal of conservation biology. Among tropical forest birds, understory insectivores are …

Floodplains are ecosystems which are driven by periodic inundation and oscillation
between terrestrial and aquatic phases. An understanding of such pulsing systems is only …

Habitat structure, by definition, is a component of every ecological study. This book deals
with a particular type of structure, that provided by the arrangement of objects in space. Even …

A controversy exists in the Pacific Northwest of the United States between logging of old‐
growth coniferous forests and conservation of Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis …

We sampled understory insectivorous birds in Amazonian forest fragments from before
isolation through 9 yr after isolation. We accumulated 3658 mist net captures of 84 …